Probably not, as the statute of limitations for such things is usually much less than 8 years. There may be exceptions and you will need to understand what they are for your specific jurisdiction.
If a child care provider is accused of hitting a child in his or her care, the situation should be investigated. The director of the center should speak with both the child and worker separately. Also the child care worker, should be placed on suspension until the incident is completely investigated. If no other complaints from children or parents, then they should return back to work. The center should still keep an eye open on the worker. If another incident like this has come up again, then fired immediately.
No, being defensive simply means you are actively denying a charge. This is a common response to being accused of something and has no bearing on whether or not you are guilty. You can field-test by observing a playground of children - watch for when a parent steps in and tries to straighten out a conflict. When a child feels he/she is being accused of doing something wrong, that child will often say "I didn't do that", "it wasn't me", etc. In some cases, the child is being truthful while in other cases the child is lying - in both instances, the child is being defensive.
if the stepchild is being abused, call 911/the state abuse hotline.
She's from the USA, and she's known for being a child actor and for being accused of animal abuse/neglect.
Jane Eyre is accused of being deceitful and telling lies by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, in the novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. Mrs. Reed consistently portrays Jane as a dishonest and manipulative child, which is a theme that resonates throughout Jane's early life.
In most civilised countries, hitting a child is illegal and would indeed get you arrested.
Hitting a child anywhere (except the buttocks in limited cases) is considered abuse.
Well my advice as a pregnant woman with plans is that you should take them to a quiet place in the house, comfort them but also find out more about what happened, take them to the hospital for tests and explain to the doctor exactly what happened. I think you should also get the police into this and comfort the child and urge them to tell the police what the person/people looked like and what happened.
Yes; physically hitting or hurting your child in ANY way is child abuse.
They were killed after being run down by drunk drivers when he was a child.
Prison.
No, hitting children is not the right thing to do. It is considered as child abuse and you might get arrested for that.